Zhang Yu's death gave the hot Zhang family a blow to the head. Zhang Yu is the confidant of King Yan, the eldest daughter Jin Se is the concubine of King Yan, and has given birth to a son, the eldest son Zhang Fu is a rising star in the army, anyone with a discerning eye can see that if King Yan Jing is difficult to succeed, the Zhang family must be the first noble, but Zhang Yu's death in battle has all this come to naught. Because the Wang family was too sad and could not be a director, the eldest son Zhang Fu was still fighting with the army, and Zhang Hui and Zhang Wei were too young, so Princess Yan Xu Yihua allowed the side concubine Zhang Jinse to go home as a director. Zhang Jinse has been a side concubine for three years, and she has long faded away from her former youthfulness, sitting, lying and walking, treating people and things, all of them are generous and decent, and her demeanor is full of grace, dignity, charm and grace. With her help, Zhang Yu's funeral was handled in an orderly manner, and under her comfort and care, his mother Wang's condition gradually improved.

Half a month later, the news of the defeat of King Yan in Baoding came, Zhang Jinse was very shocked, and immediately returned to the palace to inquire about the news from the princess, but was reprimanded by Xu Yihua and ordered him to take care of his father's funeral and not interfere in government affairs. Zhang Jinse was ashamed and annoyed, but he had to bow his head, return to Zhang's mansion with hatred, and continue to take care of his father's funeral.

Zhang Fu then followed the army back to Beiping, so that Zhang Jinse had no reason to stay in the palace, but she still met with her brother before returning to the palace to serve King Yan.

The day after Zhang Fu returned home, Zhang Yu was buried. In the days that followed, Zhang Fu was summoned by the king of Yan, closed his door, and generally stayed at home to practice his own soldiers and practice martial arts.

In the afternoon of this day, Zhang Fu was practicing martial arts in the martial arts arena at home, and the steward Zhao San came to report: "Young Master, the King of Gaoyang County and General Zhu Neng are visiting. ”

"Oh, please!" Zhang Fu put down his weapon, picked up a sweat towel and wiped his sweat.

"Haha, Wen Bi, no need, we're already in."

Zhang Fu followed the prestige and found that there were already two people standing on the side of the playground, looking at him with a smile. The person at the head is not very old, majestic, and the white robe is draped in black, it is Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County; The person next to him is tall, his eyes are blazing, his aura is high, and he is dressed in black clothes, which is Zhu Neng, the chief general of the Chinese army. Zhang Fu hurriedly ran over and saluted respectfully: "The king of the county, General Zhu, the last general is polite." ”

"Hehe, don't be formal, Wen Bi, this king is a little bored today, so I asked General Zhu to come to your house for a meal of wine and dinner, won't you be welcome?" Zhu Gaoxu patted Zhang Fu's shoulder vigorously and laughed.

"The arrival of the county king is a blessing for the last general, the county king and the general are here, please." Zhang Fu hurriedly said.

The three of them came to the main hall and saw Zhang Yu's spiritual position, Zhu Gaoxu held back his smile and respectfully put on a stick of incense, and Zhu Neng also followed. After the two of them finished the incense, Zhang Fu came to thank him, but Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand: "Wen Bi, there is no need to be like this, this king has always respected General Zhang, back then in Mobei, if there was no General Zhang, this king would probably have died on that hill; Later, during the training and southern expeditions, this king repeatedly accompanied General Zhang and benefited a lot. It's just that I never thought that General Zhang would die by the Tang River, and every time I think of it, this king is heartbroken and can't feel comfortable for a long time. ”

Zhu Neng also said with tears in his eyes: "General Zhang is like a father and brother to me, and he can repeatedly ask for advice on the art of war, and the general knows everything and teaches him wholeheartedly." I can only regret that I didn't arrive in time that day, so that General Zhang was outnumbered and martyred, alas! ”

Zhang Fu couldn't hold back his grief, and his cheeks were wet with tears......

The three of them sat down in the main hall, and when the maid servant served the meal, Zhu Gaoxu drove them out and closed the door. Due to the mourning period of Zhang Yu, only some fruit wine was served on the banquet. Although Zhu Gaoxu is not very old, he has a lot of alcohol, and he can't even enjoy it when he tilts his neck, Zhang Fu and Zhu Neng persuaded him a few times, but it was useless, so he had to let him. And Zhang Fu just slightly stuck his lips, and Zhu Neng was also very restrained and drank very little, so drinking became Zhu Gaoxu's one-man show.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhu Gaoxu's drinking speed also slowed down, but his face began to turn red and his tongue began to grow a little big. In the end, Zhu Gaoxu put the wine glass on the table, put his arm around Zhang Fu's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Wen Bi, do you know why Sheng Yong withdrew his troops?" ”

"Sheng Yong?" Zhang Fu was a little inexplicable, how did he say this? He subconsciously looked at Zhu Neng, but found that Zhu Neng shook his head gently. What does that mean? Not answered? Or don't give an opinion? Zhang Fu was a little confused, but when the king of Gaoyang asked, it was impossible not to answer, so he had to say: "The last general doesn't know!" ”

"Haha, Wen Bi, of course you don't know, this king knows everything about this matter. Come, the king will tell you! ”

Zhang Fu felt that something was wrong, and had the heart to refuse, but he didn't dare, so he had to look at Zhu Neng for help, but Zhu Neng lowered his head and ate wine and food.

Zhu Gaoxu said in a low voice: "Wen Bi, if Sheng Yong leaves a day or two later, then this king will join forces with Wara and besiege him outside Tongzhou City, and when his father defeats Ping'an, he will rush back to Tongzhou day and night and annihilate Sheng Yong." ”

"Even if my father was defeated at that time, there were nearly 30,000 cavalry, this king still had 20,000, and the Wara army had 30,000, which was enough to eliminate Sheng Yong, so Sheng Yong was a bargain, otherwise he wouldn't be able to leave, hahaha!" Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoxu laughed, slapped the table, and burst into tears with a smile.

Warat? Zhang Fu was completely stunned, he didn't expect to know such news from the mouth of the King of Gaoyang County. But in an instant, he understood, no wonder the prince was not in a hurry when he knew the news of the siege of Tongzhou, but just sent the king of Gaoyang County and Zhu Neng to return to Beiping, and after a few days Zhu Neng came back, but Zhu Gaoxu did not come back. It turned out that at that time, the king of Gaoyang County had already joined forces with Wara, preparing to encircle and annihilate Sheng Yong.

However, the Ming Dynasty started by expelling the Yuan soldiers, and the prince, as the Ming royal family, the first emperor's own son, how could he collude with Wara? Once it spreads, I'm afraid it's a big scandal, and I'm afraid no one believes that the prince is in trouble with Fengtianjing, this, this, this......

Seeing Zhang Fu's stunned expression, Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said in a low voice: "Wen Bi, I didn't expect it, in fact, this king was also surprised, I didn't expect my father to fight with the Mongols for a lifetime, but in the end he asked the Mongols for the head." Seeing the swaggering appearance of those Mongols, this king wanted to kill them. ”

Zhang Fu froze and said in a low voice: "King Jun, where are the Mongols stationed?" Why don't you know any news? ”

"In the mountains near Zunhua, there are 30,000 people in the mountains near Varat, the leader of the wara.

"Thirty thousand, Eseku?" Zhang Fu suddenly regretted a little, he wasn't sure if he knew whether this news was a curse or a blessing? But he was sure of one thing, the Warats had invested so much money that it was impossible not to ask for something in return? What conditions did the prince agree to the Warat people? Zhang Fu didn't dare to listen to it anymore, so he had to give his hand and say: "The prince is really eloquent, his prestige is far and wide, and he has come down thousands of miles away, and the prince is really the true son of heaven, blessed by God, and invincible." ”

"Hehe, Wen Bi, you don't know, Father ......" Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows and sneered.

Zhang Fu hurriedly got up, knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "The king of the county, the matter involves the prince, and the general will not dare to listen, so please be cautious." ”

Zhu Neng also got up and knelt down: "Please be cautious about the county king." ”

Zhu Gaoxu saw the two kneeling on the ground, he was speechless for a while, he didn't know what to say, he wanted to get angry but couldn't do it, after a while, he laughed, stood up and helped Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu, and then stared at the two of them, and said: "Two, my father will go on an expedition soon, but he will inevitably leave this king to keep an eye on Sheng Yong in Beiping, are you willing to help this king?" ”

Zhang Fu and Zhu Neng looked at it and said in unison: "As long as His Royal Highness King Yan agrees, the last general is willing to serve the king of the county!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu laughed: "Hehe, very good, very good!" ”

The next day, Zhu Gaochu went to meet Zhu Di to discuss the military situation, and half an hour later, Zhu Gaochu walked out, his steps were brisk, and his face was full of red light.

When Zhu Di announced his southward movement again, Zhang Fu was left in Beiping and placed under the command of Zhu Gaoxu to monitor Sheng Yong. After Zhu Gaoxu consulted with Zhang Fu, he ordered him to go to Zunhua to coordinate the movement of the Warat army.

At this time, the news of the Mongolian army's stationing in Zunhua was finally detected by the Investigation Department, and it was sent to Baoding Ping'an, Zhigu Shengyong and Liaodong Geng Xuan day and night, and at the same time flew to the imperial court.

Zhu Yunwen was shocked when he heard the report, and the most feared thing finally happened, and immediately ordered Ping'an and Sheng Yong to be careful, and at the same time ordered Guangning Guo Ying, Xuanfu Wu Gao, and Suiyuan Song Sheng to send reconnaissance cavalry to the grassland to investigate the situation of the Mongolian army; At the same time, the Investigation Department and the Intelligence Department were ordered to find out the secret agreement between Zhu Di and Warat as soon as possible, and find evidence that Zhu Di collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country.

On March 10 of the second year of Jianwen, Zhu Di led 60,000 cavalry to the south again, and the forward cruised on the front line of Hejian and Cangzhou, with the purpose of attracting Sheng Yong to return to help and annihilate him in the movement.